Reading for a Living: How to Be a Professional Story Analyst for Film and Television

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Summary: Start reading for a living!
Review: A unique book to break into script and book reading for a living. A very useful tool for people who want to break into this business. A practical guide to the business of story analysis. With lots of ideas, resources and tips.

Needs updating!

By Thei Zervaki
author of Globalize, Localize, Translate

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Summary: See your script from another P.O.V.
Review: Whether you imagine YOURSELF "reading for a living" or not, this book will help you see from the READER's perspective what makes a good script. Your script will likely not become a motion pictures without having first passed through the hands of a reader. With that said, how can you afford not to know what the reader expects of a well-crafted story? If you can't get the reader to at least give your script a "consider", then all your painstaking effort is a loss. This book offers some interesting advice.

Rating:
Summary: See your script from another P.O.V.
Review: Whether you imagine YOURSELF "reading for a living" or not, this book will help you see from the READER's perspective what makes a good script. Your script will likely not become a motion pictures without having first passed through the hands of a reader. With that said, how can you afford not to know what the reader expects of a well-crafted story? If you can't get the reader to at least give your script a "consider", then all your painstaking effort is a loss. This book offers some interesting advice.

Rating:
Summary: See your script from another P.O.V.
Review: Whether you imagine YOURSELF "reading for a living" or not, this book will help you see from the READER's perspective what makes a good script. Your script will likely not become a motion pictures without having first passed through the hands of a reader. With that said, how can you afford not to know what the reader expects of a well-crafted story? If you can't get the reader to at least give your script a "consider", then all your painstaking effort is a loss. This book offers some interesting advice.

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Summary: The Info you need to be a reader
Review: While somewhat dated, this title offers a lot of information that will help you get a job as a writer. It shows you great techniques on how to critique screenplays, as well as how to "grade" the scripts and format coverage.

Rating:
Summary: The Info you need to be a reader
Review: While somewhat dated, this title offers a lot of information that will help you get a job as a writer. It shows you great techniques on how to critique screenplays, as well as how to "grade" the scripts and format coverage.